Article | Knives, guns and alcohol among more than 3,000 items confiscated at Grimsby’s courts

Article | Knives, guns and alcohol among more than 3,000 items confiscated at Grimsby’s courts

Published by Grimsby Telegraph, Monday, 30th April, 2012 “MORE than 3,000 items – including knives, guns, alcohol, tools and cameras – have been confiscated at Grimsby’s courts, new figures have revealed. Security officers at the magistrates’ court, in Victoria Street, and at Grimsby Crown Court, in Town Hall Square, have seized 274 cameras, 500 tools and 1,097 alcoholic drinks,...

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Knives seized in Geelong weapons blitz

Knives seized in Geelong weapons blitz

Published by nine msn news, Sunday 19th February 2012 “Police have seized three knives during a weapons blitz in the Victorian city of Geelong. Officers searched 118 people in the CBD and along the waterfront as part of an operation targeting knife crime on Saturday night.” – Taken from Article Click the image below to read...

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Court-seized weapons make ‘wall of shame’

Court-seized weapons make ‘wall of shame’

Published: by Metro Calgary, by Jeremy Nolais, Monday March 5th 2012. “There are your standard weapons — handguns, knives and brass knuckles of all sizes. Your homemade weapons — socks filled with rocks, forks bent to fit around one’s fist.” – Taken from Article Click the image below to read...

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Bid for permanent metal detector to be installed

Bid for permanent metal detector to be installed

Published by Burton Mail “BURTON could be one of the first towns in the country to have a permanent walk-through metal detector outside town centre venues to prevent weapons being taken in. The state-of-the-art security device will hopefully be installed in Burton as part of the Mail’s Safer Burton campaign.” – Taken from Article Click the image below to read...

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Constables monitor traffic at courthouse. More than 2,000 items collected at entrances

Constables monitor traffic at courthouse. More than 2,000 items collected at entrances

Published by Ironton Tribune.com, Thursday 19th January 2012 “In 2011, more than 200,000 people walked through the Lawrence County Courthouse’s two entrances. And so did more than 1,800 knives. Thanks to the seven diligent courthouse constables and their metal detectors and wands, not one knife or other unauthorized item got past security. The metal detectors have been in place since 1996,...

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Courthouse gets metal detector in lobby

Courthouse gets metal detector in lobby

Published by Daily Home, by David Atchison, Saturday March 3rd 2012 “PELL CITY — After a security expert recommended more than a decade ago that the county position a metal detector in the main lobby of the courthouse, one is finally there. “Anything court related, you have to go through that metal detector,” Presiding St. Clair County Circuit Court Judge Jim Hill said Friday.” –...

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